President Saakashvili and President Gül during a meet at Çankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara on April 9, 2013. Photo: Turkish President’s press office.

Georgian President’s administration said in a press release that the two presidents discussed deepening of bilateral cooperation.

“Turkey is Georgia’s strategic partner, which fully supports our country’s NATO integration,” it said, adding that the two presidents have also discussed economic cooperation.

President Saakashvili, who is accompanied in Turkey by a group of senior lawmaker from his UNM party and a former head of government of Adjara Autonomous Republic Levan Varshalomidze, met Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on April 6.